A Story Told Trough Zell's Eyes
Disclaimer: I don't own ff8 Squaresoft or any of the characters!
Summary What if Zell was the main character of FF8? What if Zell and Sqaull switched places? What if Zell and Sqaull switched personalities? What if Zell and Seifer were rivals? What if Zell and Rinoa were soul mates? You would have to read the story to find out. Note: Zell starts out with diamond knuckles. Italics mean what Zell is thinking. Some of the dialog and ideas belong to the fanfiction author team-senshi I would just like to say thanks to her for letting me use some of her stuff.
It was dark and cloudy outside of Balmb Garden early in the morning before dawn. I looked at Seifer he was about six feet two, he was wearing a white trench coat with a dark shirt and pants. I was wearing dark blue short jeans, a vest and a white mussel shirt under it. I looked at Seifer and his eyes gleamed off of his gunblade. I started dashing towards Seifer with my fists in the air. Seifer evilly grinned at me at how stupid he thought I was. I gave a right jab left right and left all of them Seifer dogged easily. Seifer took his typhoon and started to slice left and right each one missed me by me doing my fancy gymnastic moves. Seifer got frustrated and used fire to blow me backwards. I flew backwards in pain I hit the ground hard enough to the wind knocked out of me. What the hell I thought we agreed on no magic! I thought really pissed. I got up and I saw Seifer hold his hand in the air and moved his fingers towards himself. This got me madder and rushed towards him I intended to do a full roundhouse kick to Seifer. Before I got the chance to do it Seifer grinned, held his gunblade up in the air, swinging it down it slicing into my skin between my eyes leaving the blood streaming down my face and on the ground. I fell down on the ground for a second to get over from the shock. What the hell!? I thought we were practicing. I'll get Seifer back for this! I had not a doubt in my mind. I jumped back up, ran to Seifer and punched his stomach so hard my hand started to sting. Seifer kneeled over in pain then I did an uppercut with full force hitting Seifer in the face across the eyes also bleeding. I looked at Seifer my eye's starting to black out and I saw him hit the ground. I fell backward feeling sick, my vision went black before I reached the ground. 1. * * *
2. I woke up with a pounding headache. Where am I? I opened my eyes to the burning light. "Damn my eyes!" I shouted in pain and agony. I also noticed that my head had been bandaged. Looking around I knew it was the infirmary. .What the? Oh yeah, that's right. I thought remembering why I had that bandage on in the first place. This too led me to realize why I was in the infirmary and why Dr. Kadowaki was standing with her arms folded by my bedside. "My, my I see you're awake." I heard her say. I looked at her and squinted she had a white lab coat on and a blue skirt on. "What's your name young man?" she asked. "Zell Dincht" I manage to say. "Well how do you feel Zell?" The Dr. Kadowaki asked. "My head hurts so fricken much!" I said holding my head. "Take it easy next time, you hear? Looks like your eyes are focusing. You should be fine Zell. Why don't you take it easy in training? Next time you might not be so lucky." ".Tell that to Seifer. "Your head isn't that bad, it won't cause you any memory loss or injury but you will have a scare right between your eyes." She looked at me for any reaction I would give her but I didn't give her one. "That Seifer. he won't listen to anyone why don't you just ignore him? Dr. Kadowaki said. "I can't just run away." I said in a serious voice. Dr. Kadowaki put her hand down on the counter and leaned on it. "You want to be cool huh? Well don't get hurt in the process. I nodded touching my forehead. It hurt every time I touched it, I was going to get Seifer back some how. "You rest here while I call your instructor." Dr. Kadowaki said while leaving the room.
I laid back my head on the pillow. When I saw a lady through the glass in the corner of my eye. "So Zell we meet again" I barley heard her through the thick glass and she walked out of sight. "Zell your instructor is here." Dr. Kadowaki said. I looked up and saw my instructor Quistis Trepe walk in. She had bright blond hair and glasses, she was wearing a long pink dress. "I knew it was going to be either you or Seifer. Lets go." We walked out of the infirmary into the hallway. We were walking past the courtyards were students were swarming all over the place where socializing and laughter could be heard. I can't believe Seifer beat me. I wonder what was up with that final attack. Well no use thinking about it now. "Is there something on your mind?" Quitis asked concerned. She was waiting for a response but didn't get one. She at all was not surprised, she probably knew me the best then anyone in the whole Garden. "Not really." I said getting annoyed that I heard Quistis's voice say the exact same thing at the same time. She stopped and giggled at me. "Whats so funny?" I asked just about having it up to here with her. "Funny? Oh no, no, its not that! I'm just happy. It feels like I'm begging to understand my student a little. That's all." She said. "I'm more complex then you think." I said trying to push her away. "Then tell me more about yourself." She challenged. "It's none of your." ". Business!" She interrupted me and started laughing. I couldn't take it any more I just kept on walking till we got to the classroom.
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Quistis walked in to the classroom as I followed her. I walked back to my normal seat in the back to the left and sat down. "Good morning class. Let's start with today's schedule. There seem to have been some rumors flying around since yesterday. Yes, the field exam for Seed candidates will begin later this afternoon. Those not participating and those who failed last week's written test are to remain here in study hall. Field Exam participants will have free time until the exam. Just be sure you're in top condition." She took another deep breath and went on. "Meet in hall at 1600 hours. I'll announce the team assignments there. Any questions? Oh, and Seifer!" She then stared to the back to see Seifer in his usual smart ass attitude and comfortably sat in his chair. He gave Quistis a slight nod. "Do NOT injure your partner while in training. Be careful from now on." Seifer glared at me then at her and slammed his fist against the desk. The rest of class period went by slowly, I thought I was going to die of boredom my headache didn't help it either. "Field Exam participants, I will see you all later. And Zell, I will need to talk to you." Quistis announced. All the students started to leave out of the classroom.
I went to the front of the room where Quistis greeted me. "You haven't been to the Fire Cavern yet, have you? You won't be able to take part in today's SeeD exam if you don't pass the prerequisite." I was going to take it this morning but Seifer. "Well do you have a good excuse?" "Not really." I answered. " Then lets get going. I'll be at the front gate waiting." With that said Quistis walked out of the room as did I. down the hall when I heard this annoying feminine voice say "I'm late I'm late!" I was really was surprised to find a girl run straight into me. She fell down but I didn't. "Waaah!" She screamed. "There. Tee-hee, I'm fine. Sorry, I was kinda in a hurry. Oh yeah! Hey, did you just come from that class?" She pointed to the classroom I had just exited from. "Is. homeroom over?" I nodded. "Woo. Oh, nooo. This place is sooo much bigger than my last Garden!" Out of the look of her eyes lit up with happiness. "Oh, hey, hey, I just transferred here. Do you think you could give me a quick tour of this Garden?" She asked.
"Okay." I said. "Whoo-hoo! Lets go!" She yelled. "We'll take the elevator to the first floor and I'll show you the directory. You'll find the dormitory to the north. A majority of the students live in the dorms. There aren't too many students who commute." "You can rest and change there. West of the North Block is the Cafeteria. There's always a big rush for the hot dogs. You'd better get used to waiting in line." "Got it!" "East of the North Block is the parking lot. We usually take the Garden Car when a mission comes up. The front gate is located to the south." I then paused for a moment. That's right, I have to go meet Instructor Trepe at the front gate. "Hm? What's the matter?" The girl asked seeing me slowly drift into thought. "Nothing. Next, we have the Quad, located in the West Block. There's an event planned there." "I know! I know! It's the Garden festival! It's going to be great! I'm planning to be on the committee. You wanna help out, too!?" The girl said. "Let's just continue. South of the West Block is the Infirmary. This is where you get treated for your injuries, but a lot of students just go there for advice." "What's the doctor's name?" "Doctor Kadowaki. Now the East Block. This is the training center. It's the only facility open at night. It's used for training and they have real monsters running loose here. If you don't take it seriously, you may end up dead. Just be careful." The girl gave a gulp and then signaled to continue. ".okay." "South of the East Block is the library.
There's a lot of material you can look up here, but the terminals in the classroom are a lot more efficient. And you already know about the second floor classroom. By the way, the headmaster's office is located third floor. You need permission to get in." "Another question. What's the headmaster's name?" "Headmaster Cid. That's about it. Anything else?" "Got it! Heeey, um. are you taking today's Seed exam?" "Yeah" "Then maybe I'll see you again later. I've already finished my training at my previous Garden. I'm taking the Seed exam today too. Good luck to the both of us, huh! Thanks a lot!" The girl then trotted off I started running towards the front gate of the Garden. I get there in about a couple of minuets. "Hey your late Zell!" Quistis instructs me. God I get here a couple of minuets late and she throws a cow! "Sorry" I mumble. "Ok let me explain this to you these are your GFs Quizicult and Shiva they will be helping you on this mission. Quistis tells me. I nod "Ok lets go." 1. 2. Objective is to obtain a low level GF. A SeeD member must support. "Are you ready?" Asked one of the two Garden faculty members guarding the entrance to the fire cave. I then gave the Garden salute raising my right hand to his brow. "I'm ready." Quistis stepped up, she too saluting. "I'm his support. Instructor No. 14, Quistis Trepe" The second faculty member then spoke. "Select a time limit. Choose one suitable to your abilities, challenging yet reasonable." The Faculty member then held out a small electronic notepad and displayed the time options. I thought for a second and decided to go for the 2nd to shortest time. That should be more than enough time. "Twenty minuets." "Very well, good luck." The two faculty members then moved aside and waved them through. They returned what they were doing as Quistis and I entered. "My job is to support you in battle. Everything else is up to you." Yelled Quistis. "Fine." I said as I killed a Red Bat. "You know, the boys often choke on this test when I come with them. I guess my charm makes them nervous." I then stopped and put my hand up to my head and shook it. I've got to finish this test. I thought. "I'm just kidding! Trying to keep you relaxed is all." "Lets keep moving we only have 16:00 minuets left." Quitis said I nodded in agreement. We walked for about two more minuets when we reached a big lava pool in the ground and waited.
"I guess I was right." Quistis then stepped next to me. "You and Seifer are in a class of your own. You both have amazing strength and potential." I took the compliment and then some big fiery thing jumps out to greet us. "What the Hell is that!" I say pointing at it. "It's IFRIT!" Quitis cried. This must be a fire-based enemy. I thought when I saw it shake all the lava liquid off of itself. "IMPUDENT HUMANS!" Ifrit said and started the fight by throwing a fireball at Quistis. She fell to the ground and got back up. "Quezacolt!" She yelled. We disappeared and a very weird looking green bird popped out of the ground, flying up and concentrating all of its power into its nose. It shot down a stream of lightning on to Ifrit and it exploded on contacted. We came back and Ifrit looked like he was hardly touched. Quezacolt hardly did any damage to him, lets see what Shiva can do I wonder. "SHIVA!" I called. Shiva appeared out of thin air in a big iceberg. She then broke free and Shiva let out energy, a blast of ice, which froze nearly everything in its path wich covered Ifrit and everything around it. The ice broke and she swirled around and returned back into my body.
"They have Shiva!" Ifrit cried. Ifrit jumped up in to the air with his fist facing down. Ifrit came down landing on me taking out a lot of my energy. "Urgh!" I let escape my lips. "Cure!" Quitis said. I felt my health reenergize. I then ran up to it and did my limit break. "Heel drop!" I pick up my leg and pull it down, "Mach Kick!" I do a roundhouse kick and Ifrit looks hurt. I still have time for one more move "Punch Rush!" I punch the big fiery GF three times. Ifrit kneels down in pain. "URGH! FOR ME TO LOOSE TO A HUMAN. VERY WELL. I WILL JOIN YOU. "Ifrit said in pain. "We completed the mission with 5 minuets left on the clock." Quitis said happily "Let's go back" I say
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We walk back to the Garden entrance. "Meat me at the lobby right in front of the directory after you go back to your dormitories and change. I nod and start running in the direction of the cafeteria. Might as well go to the cafeteria and get something to eat on the way. When I got there, there was no line and the cafeteria was filled. At that moment a dark hared cadet came rushing in nearly out of breath. They all turned and watched as he stumbled up to the ordering counter. "Huff, huff, heave, heave.D-do you have any. hot dogs left?" "Were sorry sir were all out of hotdogs." "Damn! Not again.! It's hopeless if you don't get here early. Alright, I'll try again next time." The dark hared cadet said as he walked away with his head down. I guess I should go back to my dorms and change since there are no more hotdogs left. I ran all the way back to my dorm and opened the door with my access card.
I went to my bed and got changed in to my Seed uniform. I looked at myself in the mirror. Never did like this uniform too flashy. I started running to the lobby when I heard something "Zell over here!" I walked over to her. "Your partner should be here any second now. Squall, Squall Lionheart quite a lively fellow." Lively he's just loud. Squall started running towards us. "Hi wow I'm stuck with you!" Squall says shocked. Don't remind me. He rubs his hand on his pants and holds out his hand to me but I just ignore it. " You don't get along with Seifer too well do you? Heard he whooped ya pretty bad this morning." Squall says. "We weren't fighting we were training." I say. "I bet you he doesn't think so." Squall said staring at me. "Look Seifer is just being a pain in the ass. All you have to do is ignore him." Squall says trying to cheer me up. "Ahem that Seifer you're talking about he is your squad leader. "SAY WHAT!" Squall says surprised. This guy is really annoying. "It can't be changed Seifer Alsamy are you here." Quitis calls.
"Yes instructor." Seifer says back. He shows up with Raujin and Faujin (The Pose) walking slowly behind him. "Seifer you are the squad leader, good luck to you." Quitis says looking at the trio. ".Instructor I hate it when people wish me luck. Why don't you save it for a student who needs them." Seifer says trying to keep his cool. "Okay, good luck Seifer." Quitis chuckles. "Add instructor Trepe to the list!" Seifer says yelling. What was this list they kept talking about? Quistis just sighed and began with the assignment. "Well then, you're all assigned to Squad B. I'll be the instructor in charge. Teamwork is of utmost importance, let's get through this exam, everyone!" "Listen up!" yelled Seifer jumping forward. "Team work means staying out of my way. It's a Squad B rule. Don't you forget it." At that, Squall began shaking his fist and grinding his teeth.
"Everyone here?" said a voice from the side. It was Headmaster Cid slowly walking to the small group. He stopped in front of the directory. "It's been a while, everyone. How's everyone doing? This exam will involve 12 members from Squad's A through D. You will be proceeding to a real battlefield. Obviously, the battles are for real. Life and death, victory and defeat honor and disgrace. Each of those goes hand in hand. There's only one way or the other. How 'bout it? Are you still up for it?" He then gave the group a challenging glare. "You will be accompanied by 9 Seed members. Should you fail, these members shall get the job done. They always do. Well, that's one less worry on your mind." Cid then threw his hands in the air in a manner of encouraging the crowd. "The pride of Balamb Garden! The elite mercenary force, Seed! Learn from them, obey their commands and accomplish the mission. Prove yourselves worthy of becoming a member of Seed. Best of luck." With that, Seed candidates and I started to walk off to the parking lot to enter the Garden cars. Then Quistis yelled, "Let's get a move on!"
In the car we left Balmb Garden and headed for the town of Balmb. I was sitting there minding my own business when Squall said something. "Hey Zell can I see your metal gloves." I didn't answer. "Just a peak." I still did not answer. "Tch fine . why you being so selfish scrooge." "Say something will ya!" Squall said glaring at me with aggravation in his eyes. He finnaly gave up and folded his arms against his chest. He getting reckless got up and started to practice his moves with his gunblade. "Sit down its annoying chicken-wuss." Seifer laughed. "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!" Squall said while motioning his arms in a cross pattern. "STOP IT AND SIT DOWN!" Quistis stood and broke the two boys up. Squall sat down and Seifer shut his mouth. "Hey instructor who was the girl in the infirmary this morning?" I asked "Oh was there someone in there I didn't notice anyone. ".oh" I said a little disappointed. "This is great I've got a chicken-wuss and a guy who just reached puberty in my squad." Seifer laughed Squall and I both started to shake with anger.
We entered the town of Balmb and we went all the way through the city to the parking lot. When the car stopped Seifer was the first one to get out then Quistis and then Squall and I. "Come on the boats over here." Quistis said while running for the boat. "Come on Zell." Squall said and ran in front of me. I ran in to the boat last, the boat was nice looking from the inside and outside. I sat a couple of seats down from Seffer across from Squall and a few seats from him were Quistis. Squall was looking around the boat, Seifer was slouching in his seat fooling around with his gunblade, and Quitis was studying paperwork while marking things down. Then Xu came on the boat and we set sail. "Hi all my name is Xu." She said looking at me directly. Squall and I stood to greet her Sefier stayed in his seat. "Pleased to meet ya!" Squall said studying her features. ". Pleased to meet you." I said saluting her. "So Seifer how many times has it been now?" Xu asked. "Oh I just love these exams." Seifer smiled. Xu then walked closer to the screen and hit a few buttons. "I'll explain the current situation and the mission. Be seated!"
At that, Squall and I return to our seats. "Our client for this mission is the Dollet Dukedom Parliament. A request for SeeD was made 18 hours ago. Dollet has been under attack by the G Army since about 72 hours ago. 49 hours into the battle, Dollet abandoned their position in the inner city." As Xu explained several maps and charts flashed on the screen behind her displaying the data. "Currently, they have retreated into the nearby mountains and are reorganizing their troops. That's the current status. Now on to the mission objective." She then looked to the screen and waited for the attack plans to display. "According to our reports, the G Army is mopping up the Dollet troops in the mountain region. We're to make a landing at Lapin Beach. We're to eliminate the remaining G Army within the city and liberate it A.S.A.P. Afterwards, Seed members will intercept any G Army forces trying to make their way into the city from the mountain region." Xu then looked back to us as soon as the monitor returned to displaying the Garden symbol.
"Sounds important." Squall said enthusiastically. "Sounds boring." Squall started to shake with anger. "So your saying we have to do all the dirty work?" Seifer questioned. "I would hardly call it that but yeah." Xu finished. Who should I talk to Seffer, Qusitis, or Squall? "How ya doing Squall?" I asked. "My first real battle. I'm getting pretty nervous." Sqaull said. "Better not piss your pants." Seifer laughed. "Hah!? You talking to me?" Shouted Squall he looked over at Seifer who was chuckling to himself ". Bastard." "Okay, enough talk." Quistis exhaled and shook her head. "We'll be landing soon, get ready." ".Alright." I mumbled. "Roger." Squall said looking at Seifer. "Yeah, yeah. well then Zell go see what's going on outside." Seifer said and I nodded. "Good cause it's my order." Seifer chuckled.
I got up and headed for the stairs. When I got up there it was already dark out. I looked at the water and saw the reflection of the moon. I took out the print of battle plans. I looked up and saw the shoreline of Dollet. I saw people dying and intense explosions. I just hope I make out of here alive. We were getting closer to the shore when I saw I big cement wall right in front of us. I held on tight to the railing when the driver did something I never thought he would do. He ramped it and we crashed in to the beach. I ran down stairs and out of the boat. There were Seed and Seed candidates everywhere "Make sure your prepared! Don't forget to equip your GFs." Quistis said. Yeah, yeah lets just get on with it. "Move out!" Seifer yelled while running up the beach and through the fighting soldiers. There were soldiers fighting everywhere, most of them were dying. While Squall and I followed him we heard screams of horrible deaths. I dogged all the attacks and went through all the soldiers. When one soldier kicked me down and raised his sword to me. This is it its all over. I thought frightened. Then all of a sudden Squall chops off the guy's head. "Come on!" Squall said while holding his hand down to help me up. I take it and he pulls me up, we continue to follow Seifer. Squall saved my life I'll return the favor somehow. I thought pondering it. We ran up the stairs where we met up with Seifer at the entrance to Dollet.
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"Its Seed stop them at all cost!" Two Galbadian soldiers said while running toward us. I started the fight off and ran up to him and punched him to times braking his jaw. Seifer then used his Typhoon and cut the guy in half. One down one to go I thought bitterly. Squall used his gunblade and cut that idiot in half also. "Keep moving." I heard Seifer say. We ran down a long road when we stopped at a store to find a fellow Seed run out. "Everything's secure here." He said. Two more soldiers jumped down from a bridge up top and began the fight. One soldier used fire on Seifer. That got him really pissed and he used his limit break No Mercy. He charged all of his power in to his gunblade shooting two fireballs at them then Seifer cut both of them in an X motion. "Amazing." Squall mumbled. "The Central Square is up ahead. Hey! All you Galbadian cowards out there! Come out'n show your faces! Don't leave me hangin' now!" Seifer yelled leaving Squall and I behind. ".What an idiot." Squall muttered as we followed him to the Town Square. "Secure the area." Seifer whispered. We did and killed two more Galbadian soldiers. They went down easily. A dog walked up to Seifer and started sniffing him. "Shoo mut!" Seifer said. I don't see why the dog is so attracted to Seifer. "What's that noise" Squall implied to a load bang. "Come on out Galbadian soldiers I will kick all of your asses! BRING IT ON!" Seifer yelled.
We found ourselves standing by the fountain waiting well over an hour now. Seifer is leaning against a wall bouncing his gunblade up and down on his shoulder. While Squall is pacing back and forth and I'm just standing there. "The HELL! Man. Now this is what I call boring. This ain't right man!" Squall said desperately. The dog came back once again to Seifer. "Scram you stupid mut! WHAT IS THIS SOME SORT OF DOG TRAINING!" Seifer yelled while swinging his gunblade at the poor dog. The dog ran to the other side of the Square. "hooooowl!" The dog made a very annoying noise. Then a Galbadian soldier walked into view. Seifer, Squall, and I hid behind the fountain the soldier looked around. What the hell is that guy doing? I wondered. The soldier then whistled and kept moving on to the other exit out of the Town Square. Just then twenty other Galbadian soldiers followed him. "Where the hell they goin? Seifer asked. Squall looked up at the mountain. "Hey what's that thing up there?" Squall said indicating the big metal thing on the mountain. When the coast was clear we popped up from our hiding places.
"Our next destination." Seifer answered. "What!?" Squall looked at Seifer dumbfounded. "But that's against orders! Squall yelled. "Weren't you just saying how bored you were?" Seifer asked. "Wha but. Zell!" Squall said looking confused. "I stand by the captains decision." I said looking at Seifer. "Captains decision?" Seifer looked surprised and confused. He walked up to me and pushed me slightly with his fist "You want to wreak some havoc too don't you? Seifer grinned looking me in the eyes. I hate it when Seifer looks at me like that. I shuddered. "It's a good opportunity to test out my training. Thanks to you, I feel like I can take on anyone. Even if they do fight dirty like you." I said looking determinedly at Seifer. I saw a slight smile from Seifer's lips. "You'll thank me when the time comes." Squall placed his hands on his hips. "What the hell. I thought you guys don't get along? You're like, all buddy, buddy now. Listen, this ain't no ordinary battle. It's an exam, an important one. I'm tellin' ya, we have to stick to orders." Squall said looking at Seifer and I. "Then you stay hear I don't need any boy scouts." Seifer said walking towards the road heading to the mountain. "What was that!?!" Squall yelled turning red with anger. I shook my head "Don't take him seriously, Squall." I walked up to Seifer. "Seifer, if were going, lets hurry." "The enemy is headed for the facility. We, Squad B, are to secure the summit. Move out!" Seifer said running ahead swinging his gunblade around.
"Alright." I said while running behind him. "Tch. Fine." Squall finally running along side too. All three of us ran up the alley and passed over a large bridge. We ran forward and stopped at the sight of the base of the cliff. Many soldiers lay on the ground, both Dollet and Galbadian, mostly Dollet. Two Dollet soldiers lay by the steps slightly conscious. Squall walked to one and started talking to him. "You okay dude? What happened?" ".What business do they have with the Communications Tower now.?" He muttered and laid back down. I went to talk to the other one. ".As a child. I used to. play at this Comm. Tower. It was already closed down then, and. ugh. I was careless." With that said the soldier had died. We then started to walk up the mountain only to be stopped by a Dollet soldier crawling on the ground injured. "Ahhh! W-W-Who are you!?" He screamed looking at us frightened. "Don't worry, We're SeeD candidates. We've been dispatched by Garden." I Said. "So what's going on up there?" Asked Seifer tapping his blade on his shoulder. The soldier calmed himself down and sat down. "The Galbadian Soldiers have entered the Comm. Tower. On top of that. that place has always been a nesting ground for monsters. If you guys are goin up there. be carefull. Ah. Argh!" The soldier screamed as a large tail like object wrapped him and pulled him in. It was an anacondaur, a large snake like monster. It devoured the Dollet Soldier in one swallow.
"Let's bust this thing up!" Squall yelled. "Okay Zell and Squall get on the backside of it and I'll stay on this side." Seifer said while Squall and I ran behind it. Seifer ran up to it, sliced it, and pulled the trigger. I ran up to it and did a back flip under its head kicking it while in the air. I landed on the ground and ran back to its backside. Squall ran up to it and intended to stab at it but the thing just twirled around him squeezing the life out of him. It let go of Squall and he fell to the ground unconscious gunblade still in hand. "Your going down!" Seifer yelled while running towards it. He slashed it and the snake hit him to the side with its tail, Seifer staying down trying to catch his breath. It turned to me and looked at me as saying your next. It's not taking me down too. I thought while running towards it the Anacondaur snapped his head forward trying to bite me. I jumped and it just missed me hitting my feet making me do a full front flip onto its head. Seifer was now up and ready to fight.
"Revive!" Seifer screamed. Lots of blue sparkly dots of light floated above Squall. The lights went straight into him and he started to squirm on the floor. He jumped up on the ground ready to fight. Seifer and Squall were on opposite sides of the Anacondaur. I held on tight to the giant snake and started to pound my fists onto its head. Seifer eyed Squall and Squall nodded in agreement. They both ran towards the snake their gunblades raised high and they both sliced right through it. "Shit!" I yelled as I fell to the floor with the dead corpse of the Anacondaur. I got up dizzy wiping all the snake guts off of me. "Hey Zell nice job with that snake." Seifer said looking at me to see if I was alright. "You guys did job pretty good job too." I said not really meaning the compliment. "We kicked that giant snakes ass! We rocked, I mean Zell you were on him the whole time punching it and Seifer." Squall trailed on. Seifer, I looked at each other and shook or heads. We turned back to Squall who was still talking. "And that thing went down like that." Squall finished looking at us. "Let's move on." Seifer said and we continued up the hill. We reached the summit where the communication tower was. We were standing on a cliff "Sure is big" Squall said. We kneeled down on the ground and peered over two G soldiers talking. "The generator is up and running." Said the Galbadian Soldier holding a generator piece. "No problem with the boosters." Said the other holding a wrench. ".The hell they all doing?" Asked Seifer as he zoomed in with a pair of binoculars.
The third soldier had some ranks on his chest. "An officer huh? "The officer threw a couple of large electrical cables over his shoulder. "Cable disconnection confirmed! Beginning the exchange process!" All three yelled "Roger," and ran back into the tower. "Repairs.?" Said Squall as he stood. He looked up at the Communication Tower. "All those parts and tools they were holding. maybe it wasn't the city they were after. maybe they wanted something inside?" Seifer and I too stood huddling up. "Who cares." Yawned Seifer. "This must be your first real battle. You scared?" He said jokingly towards me.".I don't know. I try not to think about it." I replied looking to Squall just standing behind us listening. "I love battles. I fear nothing. The way I look at it, as long as you make it out of battle alive, you're one step closer to fulfilling your dream." "What!? Your dream?" I looked at Seifer shocked. "You have one too, don't you?" Seifer asked. ".Sorry but I'm gonna pass on that subject." I replied as I turned away from the two. Squall finally jumped in on the conversation. "Yo! Let me in on it, too!" "Mind your own business." Said Seifer again joking. "Frickin hell." Squall swinging his gunblade in front of Seifer in attempts to make him flinch. Seifer simply leaned back. "What's the matter Squall? Going blind?" Implied Seifer, Squall missing every swing he threw at him. Seifer then chuckled and started walking down the hill towards the tower.
Squall kicked the ground and swiped some rocks aside. "Darn you.!" "I swear." I just shook my head and watched Squall mutter a few more curses until they suddenly heard a voice. "There you are!" Squall jumped up surprised while I looked over to the voice. It was a girl, the same girl I had helped back at Balamb Garden. She tried to get footing on a rock to get down to the pathway the two were on but ended up flipping forward and tumbling on to her rear. She smiled sticking her tongue out and closing her left eye tight slightly embarrassed. Carefully she stood rubber her hip a bit and then looked to us. "Are you .Squad B?" She looked to me who gave a nod. "Wait a minute. you're that guy who showed me around, right?! Thanks! I don't get lost anymore. Oh yeah, I haven't told you my name yet. I'm. a messenger. Name's Selphie, from Squad A. The Squad Captain is Seifer right? Where is he?" At the base of the Tower was Seifer running towards the entrance. I pointed down to where he was. Seifer stopped and held his hands together in a "megaphone" like manner. "One of these days, I'm gonna tell ya' bout my Romantic dream!" He then rushed to the entrance of the tower and entered.
Selphie looked down the cliff. "This sure is tough. Captain! Wait up.!!!" Selphie said and jumped down with out getting hurt. Squall and I looked at each other dumbfounded. She looked at us and saw we were still at the summit. "What are you waiting for!? Come on! Come on!" She yelled in her usual energetic way. I peered over the cliff and saw how high it was Squall also looked over. "Zell. you're not gonna. It's a cliff man.!" I took one last look. What the hell. I thought. "That's the plan." I said as jumped down the huge cliff I landed on the ground with a loud thump. I looked at summit where Squall was still standing shocked. "Come on!" Selphie yelled. "Geronomoooooo!?!" Squall yelled as he jumped down and hit the ground. "You know that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." We all started running towards the entrance. As Selphie was about to hit the buttons to open the door, three G Soldiers dashed out, the three talking to each other earlier, followed by a taunting Seifer, he whipping his sword in the air. "Cowards." Said Seifer as he cocked his gunblade. He then calmly walked back into the tower muttering something about the entire mission being a joke.
"HEEEY!" Selphie yelled waving her arms in the air. She then turned to Squall and I. "The Captain's getting away!" We then walked in and looked around. In the center was a single pillar that seemed to provide a lift. Around us we could see turbines, pipes, wires, and other mechanical and electrical gadgets or lights. ".Did he go up?" I Asked as I stared at a descending elevator lift. They all shrugged and walk on to the lift. There were no rails so we had to be careful. Squall and I looked down at the height and became defensive trying to keep our feet steady. Selphie however was enjoying herself. "Wow, this lift is pretty cool." This girl's crazy. I thought. Squall blinked looking at her as she sat on her knees peering over. "Don't get too excited, or you'll fall!" "Like I'm really going to!" Selphie said excitedly.
On the top were two G soldiers working one in red the other in blue. The one in one was the only one that was really working. "Major Biggs. There has been a report of a monster shaped shadow on top of the tower." The one in blue then peered into what Major Biggs was doing. "Major Biggs!" The blue one repeated. "Be quiet! I'm busy!" Biggs waved his hand. Biggs continued working. "This goes like this. Geez, what's with these crappy old tools? And. why do I have to make all the repairs!? Hey!" He yelled out as a spark nearly caught his eye. "Sir I'll check around while the repairs are being done." The soldier in blue said. "Let's see. Hmm. put this here. and." At the moment Squall, Selphie, and I had reached the top, Biggs had been connecting the final cable. "There, it's complete!" The whole tower suddenly came to life it shaking violently making a lot of loud noises. Machine parts and satellite dishes became active. I looked down through the wholes in the ground to see boosters and fans coming to life. In the middle a huge cylinder type thing popped up. Twisting and twirling the whole way up, it opened up to show three long rods. The three rods extending even more and the cylinder object curved up to look like a huge satellite. The rods charged up energy and a solid light blue light shot into space. Then Biggs turned around happy of the work he's done only to find us behind him.
"What do you think you're doing!?" I Yelled holding my two fists out in front of me. "Huhhhh? Like wise mister! What do you think you're doing!?" Biggs then started looking around. "H-Hey, what happened to all the soldiers down below!? WEDGE! Take care of these twerps. W.Wedge? I .ah." He then looked around only to us waiting. Selphie placed her hands behind her back and gave a smile. She held her nunchaku in her left hand just in case the Galbadian soldier decided to run. Biggs then looked to Squall who was looking at his gunblade to make sure everything was ok. He then finally turned to me, I had my hand on my hip and wore an annoyed expression on my face. "Well. ah. I seem to be done here, so I'll just be on my." Biggs then slowly made his way to wards the lift. He then raised his arm up revealing machine gun attachments. "I. I'm leaving, move it!" "I don't think so!" Said Seifer jumping from the rising lift. He slashed at Biggs swatting some kind of a remote out of Biggs' hand. "Sorry to crash the party." Biggs then started shaking. "Ah. AHH. AHHHH. Are you CRAZY!!!" "Just shut up." Seifer said swiping his hand in the air. Biggs then jumped back and gritted his teeth. "Prepare for the worst you brats!" Biggs started to fire at us but mainly at Seifer.
Seifer had to hide behind a metal wall because of the extra attention he was getting. Biggs started to shoot at the rest of us Selphie, Squall, and I dove behind a big metal crate. "Come on you Seed twerps quit being so chicken!" "Seifer get over here!" I said, he nodded and dove over. "Ok I have an idea but you three have to cover me." Selphie, Squall, and Seifer nodded. "You three distract that guy and I sneak up on him and attack. Also when I give a thumbs up you stop shooting your gunblade or whatever your doing. Selphie since you don't have anything you can shoot you take care of the blue guy, ok?" I asked "Yeah." The three said. "Now!" I yelled. I rolled over into the opening and started sneaking behind things. At the same time Selphie, Squall, and Seifer stood up. "Hey you stupid fat guy, over here!" Selphie screamed from a distance. Biggs looked over to the voice and started shooting. Selphie ducked back for cover and snuck around the backside of the tower looking for the other soldier. Squall deflected bullets with his gunblade. While Seifer shot bullets out of his gunblade.
Biggs started to dodge Seifer's bullets. I gave the thumbs up to Squall and he motioned for Seifer to stop, they both ducked back down just far enough so they could see what was happening. I ran for the fat guy and just when I was in front of him he turned to me and pointed his gun arm at me I froze in place. It's all over for me. "Oh no he's gonna get Zell!" Squall complained Seifer just looked on. "I'm finally going to get you, you Seed twerp." He raised his gun to me and was about to pull the trigger when a thin brown wooden thing hit the back of his head and he fell unconscious. I just stood there trying to get over of the shock of what just happened. Selphie came running in the direction behind Biggs, Squall, and Seifer came from where they were hiding to me. "Man I thought that guy had you!" Squall said while shaking my shoulders. "Yeah if it weren't for Selphie and her nun-chucks you would be dead now. I looked at Selphie and nodded. "Tehe your welcome!" She said trying to brighten the mood. "Eeeee, Eeeee!" What the hell was that!" Seifer said. A big black shadow appeared and all the wind blew Biggs away you could also see wedge floating in the air too. Then a big bird came down landing just a few feet away from them. "Elveret!" Seifer said. "I sense a GF in it, Selphie try drawing from it." I said looking at her. "Ok." Selphie said while concentrating on the GF, purple energy lines came out of It and into Selphie, she also got eight floats and two fires. "Let's figure out a fast way to kill this thing off!" Squall yelled "First lets get some cover so we won't get hurt!" Seifer said running behind a metal wall. We followed him and discussed what we were going to do. Ten minuets later we were ready. "Do I have to be the decoy?" Squall whined. "Yes!" Seifer yelled at him. We ran out, we were not surprised an all when we didn't see the bird. We went to set up right in front of the big electrical control box. Squall stood 5 feet in front of the box while Seifer hid behind a crate to the left, Selphie and I hid behind a turbine to the right. "Hit it Squall!" Seifer said.
"You are so beautiful to me. Can't you see? An." Squall sang in front of the control box. "Eeeee, Eeeee!" the bird screeched just coming into sight. Squall looked at Seifer surprised. "Sing, sing rub some funk on it." Seifer, shaking his hands. Squall nodded. "And your everything I need!" he looks like an idiot. I thought looking at him and Selphie was chuckling. The bird got closer. "Get ready!" I screamed. "You are so beautiful to me! To me! The bird was flying at full speed to him. I started running for Squall. " Do something!" Squall terrified staring at the nearing bird. I dove and tackled Squall to the ground feeling a load of wind by passes my behind. "Thunder!" Selphie and Seifer screamed. As the bird hit the control box two thunderbolts came down from the sky and hit the control box. The current waves coming through the control box electrocuted the bird. We watched as the bright blue light killed the big bird as it fell down. "Oh yeah!" Squall yelled as he got up and brushed himself off. I got up myself and did the same. Seifer and Selphie came over to us. "Squad B Captain. Excuse me, I have new orders!" She waved her hand to get Seifer's attention. Seifer just nodded. "All SeeD members and SeeD candidates are to withdraw at 1900 hours.
Assemble at the shore!" "Withdrawl?" Seifer then raised his brow. "There are still enemies around!" "I know, but I'm just a messenger." I stepped forward and crossed my arms. "An order to withdraw takes priority. I don't want to miss the vessel." I said looking down. "What time'd you say?" Asked Seifer looking to his watch. "Like I said.! All Seed members and Seed candidates are to withdraw at 1900 hours. Assemble at the shore." She said exhausted. "1900 hours. we only have 30 minutes!" Seifer then dashed for the lift and pressed a button. "You got 30 minutes to get down to the shore! Better Run!" He then jumped onto the lift and headed down. Selphie ran to the lift and looked down. "Hey, wait for us!" The lift had already reached the bottom and was returning to the top empty. "Who the hell does he think he is?" Asked Squall said stretching his arms. I shrugged. "Why don't you asked him?" As the lift reached the top, we boarded and headed down. As we made our way down. Biggs slowly woke up and crawled over to the remote that had been knocked out of his hands. "Those little twerps are the targets. Now go! Go and destroy them! He collapsed back on the floor.
We ran out of the tower and we heard banging sounds coming from up above. We looked up only to find a huge mechanical looking spider monster. It leaped down right in front of us. "What the hell is that!" Squall said holding up his gunblade. "Guess we gotta fight." Selphie said. The spider made the first move and rammed all of us backwards. We got back up and Squall ran forward with rage. "Renzokuken!" Squall yelled as he slashed the spider many times pulling the trigger each time. Squall ran back to us and the spider was on the ground."Lets get the hell out of here!" We started running up the cliff. When we reached the curve on the cliff we felt the ground star to rumble. We looked down and saw the spider up and moving. "I thought we already busted that thing up!" Squall said getting mad. "Forget it! Lets go!" I yelled leading the way with Squall and Selphie following behind me.
The spider jumped up the cliff but we made it just underneath it and ran down the summit. "Wait lets walk down." I said starting to walk. "What are you dense Zell! The things already trying to kill us I don't think we have to help it out!" Squall said looking at me like I was insane. "If we walk here, we can avoid being thrown off balance by that thing. Let's just do it." I said walking down the summit. Selphie shrugged her shoulders and started to walk to as did Squall. "Okay were at the base of the mountain let's start running again!" I whispered rather loudly. We started running again and we reached the bridge and started to run across it. The spider jumped from our side of the bridge to the other. "Let's take this thing out!" I yelled and we headed towards the spider. "Were with you man!" Squall yelled while slashing off a part of the spider's antennas. Squall found a leg coming at him and knocked him down "Damn!" Squall screamed as he hit the ground. Selphie went to help Squall up. "Maybe magic will work." She used blizzard and shards of ice covered the spider. The giant machine just shook it off. The spider's eyes turned red. "Oh crap move back guys its one of its attacks!" Squall said backing up. Selphie moved back too while I did a back sprint landing on my feet I saw a red burning wall of energy. "How'd you know that!" I yelled asking. "Wouldn't you like to know? He said sarcastically.
"Let's use our GFs!" Selphie said. "Shiva!" I cried pointing my fists forward. "I askedThe goddess of ice emerged and formed a glowing ball of energy. It released a wave of intensely cold ice deep freezing everything in its path and slamming straight into the mechanical spider. Amazingly, the spider was still intact, repairing and shaking off some ice. It did however have some plates blown off and shattered by the intense cold. "Quezacolt!" Selphie summoned Quezacotl. The mighty bird of lightning appeared above the monster, its wings expanded. It then screeched out and started spinning forming and electrical twister. The energy slammed straight into the mech and tore right through its hull. Again, a burst of light blinded the area and disappeared with Quezacotl. The X-ATM092 then started sparking heavily and fell down.
"Lets go!" I yelled. We started to run off the bridge and into the Square. The spider started following us again "Run, Run!" I yelled as we entered the ally heading towards the boat. The spider was getting to close. "Guys you go on ahead I'll catch up." They looked at me. "Go, go!" I said motioning my hands forward. "Were not leaving you behind!" Squall said defensively. "Just go I'll be fine!" Selphie nodded and dragged Squall along. "I'll be back Zell!" Squall said getting dragged by Selphie and the soon disappeared out of sight. I looked down at my watch 15 more minuets till the vessel leaves. I thought tapping my watch to see if it was working correctly. I looked up to see a giant machine leg to crush blue car. "Come on! You and me mono e mono! Only one of us is going to get out of here alive and it's going to be me!" I ran up to the Spider and punched it in the head the merely just shrugged it off. It started to chase me I ran up a wall and back flipped off of it onto the spider's head. I started to punch it with my fists. I noticed an opening in the machine head. The machine ran into a wall trying to knock me off. "Whoa!" I screamed when I lost my grip on the spider and fell off hitting the wall. It walked up to me with its eyes glowing red.
A few moments earlier Selphie was dragging Squall down the stairs leading to the beach and Squall pulled his hand away. "Come on we got to go the vessels leaving!" Selphie yelled at Squall. "No! I'm not leaving with out Zell I gotta help him and Squall looked her in the eyes. "Zells going to be fine." She said softly. "No he's not, not without help he can't defeat that oversized machine spider by himself. With that said Squall ran back into Dollet. "Squall!"
This how I'm going to die? I pondered looking in those bright red eyes. The spider lifted its arm about to strike. "Oh no you don't you cheep piece of shit nobody kills my friend!" Squall yelled while running and tackled me out of the way and the spiders' arm just barely missing Squall. Squall and I got up, I looked at him and he looked at me. "Let's bust this thing up!" Squall yelled smiling and I nodded. We ran up to it and started to attack it tried attacking us but missed every time. Squall ran up and slashed it in the face chipping off some metal. "We have to find his weak spot, we can't hang on much longer." Squall said while dogging the metal spider's arm. "Squall distract it I've got a plan." I said and he nodded. Squall started to tap dance with his gunblade. The metal spider heard the tapping noise and looked over to Squall. I ran up behind the metal spider and running up and held on tight to its head. I opened up the crack on its head, it turned out to be the control panel filled with wires and turbines. "Squall throw me your gunblade trust me!" I said looking at an unsure Squall he tossed his gunblade to me handle facing me. I caught it and stuck the gunblade in the control panel and pulling the trigger. I could hear busting machine parts and wires were breaking. The mechanical spider started to have smoke come out of its vents. It leaned over and collapsed the spider breaking into hundreds of pieces.
I got up and went over to Squall he looked at me. "Squall thanks." I said looking down at the ground. "I told you I'd be back." Squall said and I looked at my watch. "There's only 5 minuets left lets go!" Squall nodded and started running I followed him. When I reached the entrance to Dollet Squall was already half way down the beach. Don't have time to run down the stairs. So I dove off the stairs onto the sand still tumbling down the hills in the sand. When I got up I saw the vessels leaving and Squall in the opening moving his hand in the air towards himself. I got up and started running to the vessel. The opening in the back started to close. I dove into the back of the boat right before the entrance closed. Squall gave me a smile and walked further into the vessel. I made it I'm finally going back to my home Balmb Garden.
That's the first chapter, nothing is going on between Squall and Zell besides slight friendship. This is going to be a Zell/Rinoa fic I'll try and finish the 2nd chapter soon please review.
Summary What if Zell was the main character of FF8? What if Zell and Sqaull switched places? What if Zell and Sqaull switched personalities? What if Zell and Seifer were rivals? What if Zell and Rinoa were soul mates? You would have to read the story to find out. Note: Zell starts out with diamond knuckles. Italics mean what Zell is thinking. Some of the dialog and ideas belong to the fanfiction author team-senshi I would just like to say thanks to her for letting me use some of her stuff.
It was dark and cloudy outside of Balmb Garden early in the morning before dawn. I looked at Seifer he was about six feet two, he was wearing a white trench coat with a dark shirt and pants. I was wearing dark blue short jeans, a vest and a white mussel shirt under it. I looked at Seifer and his eyes gleamed off of his gunblade. I started dashing towards Seifer with my fists in the air. Seifer evilly grinned at me at how stupid he thought I was. I gave a right jab left right and left all of them Seifer dogged easily. Seifer took his typhoon and started to slice left and right each one missed me by me doing my fancy gymnastic moves. Seifer got frustrated and used fire to blow me backwards. I flew backwards in pain I hit the ground hard enough to the wind knocked out of me. What the hell I thought we agreed on no magic! I thought really pissed. I got up and I saw Seifer hold his hand in the air and moved his fingers towards himself. This got me madder and rushed towards him I intended to do a full roundhouse kick to Seifer. Before I got the chance to do it Seifer grinned, held his gunblade up in the air, swinging it down it slicing into my skin between my eyes leaving the blood streaming down my face and on the ground. I fell down on the ground for a second to get over from the shock. What the hell!? I thought we were practicing. I'll get Seifer back for this! I had not a doubt in my mind. I jumped back up, ran to Seifer and punched his stomach so hard my hand started to sting. Seifer kneeled over in pain then I did an uppercut with full force hitting Seifer in the face across the eyes also bleeding. I looked at Seifer my eye's starting to black out and I saw him hit the ground. I fell backward feeling sick, my vision went black before I reached the ground. 1. * * *
2. I woke up with a pounding headache. Where am I? I opened my eyes to the burning light. "Damn my eyes!" I shouted in pain and agony. I also noticed that my head had been bandaged. Looking around I knew it was the infirmary. .What the? Oh yeah, that's right. I thought remembering why I had that bandage on in the first place. This too led me to realize why I was in the infirmary and why Dr. Kadowaki was standing with her arms folded by my bedside. "My, my I see you're awake." I heard her say. I looked at her and squinted she had a white lab coat on and a blue skirt on. "What's your name young man?" she asked. "Zell Dincht" I manage to say. "Well how do you feel Zell?" The Dr. Kadowaki asked. "My head hurts so fricken much!" I said holding my head. "Take it easy next time, you hear? Looks like your eyes are focusing. You should be fine Zell. Why don't you take it easy in training? Next time you might not be so lucky." ".Tell that to Seifer. "Your head isn't that bad, it won't cause you any memory loss or injury but you will have a scare right between your eyes." She looked at me for any reaction I would give her but I didn't give her one. "That Seifer. he won't listen to anyone why don't you just ignore him? Dr. Kadowaki said. "I can't just run away." I said in a serious voice. Dr. Kadowaki put her hand down on the counter and leaned on it. "You want to be cool huh? Well don't get hurt in the process. I nodded touching my forehead. It hurt every time I touched it, I was going to get Seifer back some how. "You rest here while I call your instructor." Dr. Kadowaki said while leaving the room.
I laid back my head on the pillow. When I saw a lady through the glass in the corner of my eye. "So Zell we meet again" I barley heard her through the thick glass and she walked out of sight. "Zell your instructor is here." Dr. Kadowaki said. I looked up and saw my instructor Quistis Trepe walk in. She had bright blond hair and glasses, she was wearing a long pink dress. "I knew it was going to be either you or Seifer. Lets go." We walked out of the infirmary into the hallway. We were walking past the courtyards were students were swarming all over the place where socializing and laughter could be heard. I can't believe Seifer beat me. I wonder what was up with that final attack. Well no use thinking about it now. "Is there something on your mind?" Quitis asked concerned. She was waiting for a response but didn't get one. She at all was not surprised, she probably knew me the best then anyone in the whole Garden. "Not really." I said getting annoyed that I heard Quistis's voice say the exact same thing at the same time. She stopped and giggled at me. "Whats so funny?" I asked just about having it up to here with her. "Funny? Oh no, no, its not that! I'm just happy. It feels like I'm begging to understand my student a little. That's all." She said. "I'm more complex then you think." I said trying to push her away. "Then tell me more about yourself." She challenged. "It's none of your." ". Business!" She interrupted me and started laughing. I couldn't take it any more I just kept on walking till we got to the classroom.
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Quistis walked in to the classroom as I followed her. I walked back to my normal seat in the back to the left and sat down. "Good morning class. Let's start with today's schedule. There seem to have been some rumors flying around since yesterday. Yes, the field exam for Seed candidates will begin later this afternoon. Those not participating and those who failed last week's written test are to remain here in study hall. Field Exam participants will have free time until the exam. Just be sure you're in top condition." She took another deep breath and went on. "Meet in hall at 1600 hours. I'll announce the team assignments there. Any questions? Oh, and Seifer!" She then stared to the back to see Seifer in his usual smart ass attitude and comfortably sat in his chair. He gave Quistis a slight nod. "Do NOT injure your partner while in training. Be careful from now on." Seifer glared at me then at her and slammed his fist against the desk. The rest of class period went by slowly, I thought I was going to die of boredom my headache didn't help it either. "Field Exam participants, I will see you all later. And Zell, I will need to talk to you." Quistis announced. All the students started to leave out of the classroom.
I went to the front of the room where Quistis greeted me. "You haven't been to the Fire Cavern yet, have you? You won't be able to take part in today's SeeD exam if you don't pass the prerequisite." I was going to take it this morning but Seifer. "Well do you have a good excuse?" "Not really." I answered. " Then lets get going. I'll be at the front gate waiting." With that said Quistis walked out of the room as did I. down the hall when I heard this annoying feminine voice say "I'm late I'm late!" I was really was surprised to find a girl run straight into me. She fell down but I didn't. "Waaah!" She screamed. "There. Tee-hee, I'm fine. Sorry, I was kinda in a hurry. Oh yeah! Hey, did you just come from that class?" She pointed to the classroom I had just exited from. "Is. homeroom over?" I nodded. "Woo. Oh, nooo. This place is sooo much bigger than my last Garden!" Out of the look of her eyes lit up with happiness. "Oh, hey, hey, I just transferred here. Do you think you could give me a quick tour of this Garden?" She asked.
"Okay." I said. "Whoo-hoo! Lets go!" She yelled. "We'll take the elevator to the first floor and I'll show you the directory. You'll find the dormitory to the north. A majority of the students live in the dorms. There aren't too many students who commute." "You can rest and change there. West of the North Block is the Cafeteria. There's always a big rush for the hot dogs. You'd better get used to waiting in line." "Got it!" "East of the North Block is the parking lot. We usually take the Garden Car when a mission comes up. The front gate is located to the south." I then paused for a moment. That's right, I have to go meet Instructor Trepe at the front gate. "Hm? What's the matter?" The girl asked seeing me slowly drift into thought. "Nothing. Next, we have the Quad, located in the West Block. There's an event planned there." "I know! I know! It's the Garden festival! It's going to be great! I'm planning to be on the committee. You wanna help out, too!?" The girl said. "Let's just continue. South of the West Block is the Infirmary. This is where you get treated for your injuries, but a lot of students just go there for advice." "What's the doctor's name?" "Doctor Kadowaki. Now the East Block. This is the training center. It's the only facility open at night. It's used for training and they have real monsters running loose here. If you don't take it seriously, you may end up dead. Just be careful." The girl gave a gulp and then signaled to continue. ".okay." "South of the East Block is the library.
There's a lot of material you can look up here, but the terminals in the classroom are a lot more efficient. And you already know about the second floor classroom. By the way, the headmaster's office is located third floor. You need permission to get in." "Another question. What's the headmaster's name?" "Headmaster Cid. That's about it. Anything else?" "Got it! Heeey, um. are you taking today's Seed exam?" "Yeah" "Then maybe I'll see you again later. I've already finished my training at my previous Garden. I'm taking the Seed exam today too. Good luck to the both of us, huh! Thanks a lot!" The girl then trotted off I started running towards the front gate of the Garden. I get there in about a couple of minuets. "Hey your late Zell!" Quistis instructs me. God I get here a couple of minuets late and she throws a cow! "Sorry" I mumble. "Ok let me explain this to you these are your GFs Quizicult and Shiva they will be helping you on this mission. Quistis tells me. I nod "Ok lets go." 1. 2. Objective is to obtain a low level GF. A SeeD member must support. "Are you ready?" Asked one of the two Garden faculty members guarding the entrance to the fire cave. I then gave the Garden salute raising my right hand to his brow. "I'm ready." Quistis stepped up, she too saluting. "I'm his support. Instructor No. 14, Quistis Trepe" The second faculty member then spoke. "Select a time limit. Choose one suitable to your abilities, challenging yet reasonable." The Faculty member then held out a small electronic notepad and displayed the time options. I thought for a second and decided to go for the 2nd to shortest time. That should be more than enough time. "Twenty minuets." "Very well, good luck." The two faculty members then moved aside and waved them through. They returned what they were doing as Quistis and I entered. "My job is to support you in battle. Everything else is up to you." Yelled Quistis. "Fine." I said as I killed a Red Bat. "You know, the boys often choke on this test when I come with them. I guess my charm makes them nervous." I then stopped and put my hand up to my head and shook it. I've got to finish this test. I thought. "I'm just kidding! Trying to keep you relaxed is all." "Lets keep moving we only have 16:00 minuets left." Quitis said I nodded in agreement. We walked for about two more minuets when we reached a big lava pool in the ground and waited.
"I guess I was right." Quistis then stepped next to me. "You and Seifer are in a class of your own. You both have amazing strength and potential." I took the compliment and then some big fiery thing jumps out to greet us. "What the Hell is that!" I say pointing at it. "It's IFRIT!" Quitis cried. This must be a fire-based enemy. I thought when I saw it shake all the lava liquid off of itself. "IMPUDENT HUMANS!" Ifrit said and started the fight by throwing a fireball at Quistis. She fell to the ground and got back up. "Quezacolt!" She yelled. We disappeared and a very weird looking green bird popped out of the ground, flying up and concentrating all of its power into its nose. It shot down a stream of lightning on to Ifrit and it exploded on contacted. We came back and Ifrit looked like he was hardly touched. Quezacolt hardly did any damage to him, lets see what Shiva can do I wonder. "SHIVA!" I called. Shiva appeared out of thin air in a big iceberg. She then broke free and Shiva let out energy, a blast of ice, which froze nearly everything in its path wich covered Ifrit and everything around it. The ice broke and she swirled around and returned back into my body.
"They have Shiva!" Ifrit cried. Ifrit jumped up in to the air with his fist facing down. Ifrit came down landing on me taking out a lot of my energy. "Urgh!" I let escape my lips. "Cure!" Quitis said. I felt my health reenergize. I then ran up to it and did my limit break. "Heel drop!" I pick up my leg and pull it down, "Mach Kick!" I do a roundhouse kick and Ifrit looks hurt. I still have time for one more move "Punch Rush!" I punch the big fiery GF three times. Ifrit kneels down in pain. "URGH! FOR ME TO LOOSE TO A HUMAN. VERY WELL. I WILL JOIN YOU. "Ifrit said in pain. "We completed the mission with 5 minuets left on the clock." Quitis said happily "Let's go back" I say
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We walk back to the Garden entrance. "Meat me at the lobby right in front of the directory after you go back to your dormitories and change. I nod and start running in the direction of the cafeteria. Might as well go to the cafeteria and get something to eat on the way. When I got there, there was no line and the cafeteria was filled. At that moment a dark hared cadet came rushing in nearly out of breath. They all turned and watched as he stumbled up to the ordering counter. "Huff, huff, heave, heave.D-do you have any. hot dogs left?" "Were sorry sir were all out of hotdogs." "Damn! Not again.! It's hopeless if you don't get here early. Alright, I'll try again next time." The dark hared cadet said as he walked away with his head down. I guess I should go back to my dorms and change since there are no more hotdogs left. I ran all the way back to my dorm and opened the door with my access card.
I went to my bed and got changed in to my Seed uniform. I looked at myself in the mirror. Never did like this uniform too flashy. I started running to the lobby when I heard something "Zell over here!" I walked over to her. "Your partner should be here any second now. Squall, Squall Lionheart quite a lively fellow." Lively he's just loud. Squall started running towards us. "Hi wow I'm stuck with you!" Squall says shocked. Don't remind me. He rubs his hand on his pants and holds out his hand to me but I just ignore it. " You don't get along with Seifer too well do you? Heard he whooped ya pretty bad this morning." Squall says. "We weren't fighting we were training." I say. "I bet you he doesn't think so." Squall said staring at me. "Look Seifer is just being a pain in the ass. All you have to do is ignore him." Squall says trying to cheer me up. "Ahem that Seifer you're talking about he is your squad leader. "SAY WHAT!" Squall says surprised. This guy is really annoying. "It can't be changed Seifer Alsamy are you here." Quitis calls.
"Yes instructor." Seifer says back. He shows up with Raujin and Faujin (The Pose) walking slowly behind him. "Seifer you are the squad leader, good luck to you." Quitis says looking at the trio. ".Instructor I hate it when people wish me luck. Why don't you save it for a student who needs them." Seifer says trying to keep his cool. "Okay, good luck Seifer." Quitis chuckles. "Add instructor Trepe to the list!" Seifer says yelling. What was this list they kept talking about? Quistis just sighed and began with the assignment. "Well then, you're all assigned to Squad B. I'll be the instructor in charge. Teamwork is of utmost importance, let's get through this exam, everyone!" "Listen up!" yelled Seifer jumping forward. "Team work means staying out of my way. It's a Squad B rule. Don't you forget it." At that, Squall began shaking his fist and grinding his teeth.
"Everyone here?" said a voice from the side. It was Headmaster Cid slowly walking to the small group. He stopped in front of the directory. "It's been a while, everyone. How's everyone doing? This exam will involve 12 members from Squad's A through D. You will be proceeding to a real battlefield. Obviously, the battles are for real. Life and death, victory and defeat honor and disgrace. Each of those goes hand in hand. There's only one way or the other. How 'bout it? Are you still up for it?" He then gave the group a challenging glare. "You will be accompanied by 9 Seed members. Should you fail, these members shall get the job done. They always do. Well, that's one less worry on your mind." Cid then threw his hands in the air in a manner of encouraging the crowd. "The pride of Balamb Garden! The elite mercenary force, Seed! Learn from them, obey their commands and accomplish the mission. Prove yourselves worthy of becoming a member of Seed. Best of luck." With that, Seed candidates and I started to walk off to the parking lot to enter the Garden cars. Then Quistis yelled, "Let's get a move on!"
In the car we left Balmb Garden and headed for the town of Balmb. I was sitting there minding my own business when Squall said something. "Hey Zell can I see your metal gloves." I didn't answer. "Just a peak." I still did not answer. "Tch fine . why you being so selfish scrooge." "Say something will ya!" Squall said glaring at me with aggravation in his eyes. He finnaly gave up and folded his arms against his chest. He getting reckless got up and started to practice his moves with his gunblade. "Sit down its annoying chicken-wuss." Seifer laughed. "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!" Squall said while motioning his arms in a cross pattern. "STOP IT AND SIT DOWN!" Quistis stood and broke the two boys up. Squall sat down and Seifer shut his mouth. "Hey instructor who was the girl in the infirmary this morning?" I asked "Oh was there someone in there I didn't notice anyone. ".oh" I said a little disappointed. "This is great I've got a chicken-wuss and a guy who just reached puberty in my squad." Seifer laughed Squall and I both started to shake with anger.
We entered the town of Balmb and we went all the way through the city to the parking lot. When the car stopped Seifer was the first one to get out then Quistis and then Squall and I. "Come on the boats over here." Quistis said while running for the boat. "Come on Zell." Squall said and ran in front of me. I ran in to the boat last, the boat was nice looking from the inside and outside. I sat a couple of seats down from Seffer across from Squall and a few seats from him were Quistis. Squall was looking around the boat, Seifer was slouching in his seat fooling around with his gunblade, and Quitis was studying paperwork while marking things down. Then Xu came on the boat and we set sail. "Hi all my name is Xu." She said looking at me directly. Squall and I stood to greet her Sefier stayed in his seat. "Pleased to meet ya!" Squall said studying her features. ". Pleased to meet you." I said saluting her. "So Seifer how many times has it been now?" Xu asked. "Oh I just love these exams." Seifer smiled. Xu then walked closer to the screen and hit a few buttons. "I'll explain the current situation and the mission. Be seated!"
At that, Squall and I return to our seats. "Our client for this mission is the Dollet Dukedom Parliament. A request for SeeD was made 18 hours ago. Dollet has been under attack by the G Army since about 72 hours ago. 49 hours into the battle, Dollet abandoned their position in the inner city." As Xu explained several maps and charts flashed on the screen behind her displaying the data. "Currently, they have retreated into the nearby mountains and are reorganizing their troops. That's the current status. Now on to the mission objective." She then looked to the screen and waited for the attack plans to display. "According to our reports, the G Army is mopping up the Dollet troops in the mountain region. We're to make a landing at Lapin Beach. We're to eliminate the remaining G Army within the city and liberate it A.S.A.P. Afterwards, Seed members will intercept any G Army forces trying to make their way into the city from the mountain region." Xu then looked back to us as soon as the monitor returned to displaying the Garden symbol.
"Sounds important." Squall said enthusiastically. "Sounds boring." Squall started to shake with anger. "So your saying we have to do all the dirty work?" Seifer questioned. "I would hardly call it that but yeah." Xu finished. Who should I talk to Seffer, Qusitis, or Squall? "How ya doing Squall?" I asked. "My first real battle. I'm getting pretty nervous." Sqaull said. "Better not piss your pants." Seifer laughed. "Hah!? You talking to me?" Shouted Squall he looked over at Seifer who was chuckling to himself ". Bastard." "Okay, enough talk." Quistis exhaled and shook her head. "We'll be landing soon, get ready." ".Alright." I mumbled. "Roger." Squall said looking at Seifer. "Yeah, yeah. well then Zell go see what's going on outside." Seifer said and I nodded. "Good cause it's my order." Seifer chuckled.
I got up and headed for the stairs. When I got up there it was already dark out. I looked at the water and saw the reflection of the moon. I took out the print of battle plans. I looked up and saw the shoreline of Dollet. I saw people dying and intense explosions. I just hope I make out of here alive. We were getting closer to the shore when I saw I big cement wall right in front of us. I held on tight to the railing when the driver did something I never thought he would do. He ramped it and we crashed in to the beach. I ran down stairs and out of the boat. There were Seed and Seed candidates everywhere "Make sure your prepared! Don't forget to equip your GFs." Quistis said. Yeah, yeah lets just get on with it. "Move out!" Seifer yelled while running up the beach and through the fighting soldiers. There were soldiers fighting everywhere, most of them were dying. While Squall and I followed him we heard screams of horrible deaths. I dogged all the attacks and went through all the soldiers. When one soldier kicked me down and raised his sword to me. This is it its all over. I thought frightened. Then all of a sudden Squall chops off the guy's head. "Come on!" Squall said while holding his hand down to help me up. I take it and he pulls me up, we continue to follow Seifer. Squall saved my life I'll return the favor somehow. I thought pondering it. We ran up the stairs where we met up with Seifer at the entrance to Dollet.
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"Its Seed stop them at all cost!" Two Galbadian soldiers said while running toward us. I started the fight off and ran up to him and punched him to times braking his jaw. Seifer then used his Typhoon and cut the guy in half. One down one to go I thought bitterly. Squall used his gunblade and cut that idiot in half also. "Keep moving." I heard Seifer say. We ran down a long road when we stopped at a store to find a fellow Seed run out. "Everything's secure here." He said. Two more soldiers jumped down from a bridge up top and began the fight. One soldier used fire on Seifer. That got him really pissed and he used his limit break No Mercy. He charged all of his power in to his gunblade shooting two fireballs at them then Seifer cut both of them in an X motion. "Amazing." Squall mumbled. "The Central Square is up ahead. Hey! All you Galbadian cowards out there! Come out'n show your faces! Don't leave me hangin' now!" Seifer yelled leaving Squall and I behind. ".What an idiot." Squall muttered as we followed him to the Town Square. "Secure the area." Seifer whispered. We did and killed two more Galbadian soldiers. They went down easily. A dog walked up to Seifer and started sniffing him. "Shoo mut!" Seifer said. I don't see why the dog is so attracted to Seifer. "What's that noise" Squall implied to a load bang. "Come on out Galbadian soldiers I will kick all of your asses! BRING IT ON!" Seifer yelled.
We found ourselves standing by the fountain waiting well over an hour now. Seifer is leaning against a wall bouncing his gunblade up and down on his shoulder. While Squall is pacing back and forth and I'm just standing there. "The HELL! Man. Now this is what I call boring. This ain't right man!" Squall said desperately. The dog came back once again to Seifer. "Scram you stupid mut! WHAT IS THIS SOME SORT OF DOG TRAINING!" Seifer yelled while swinging his gunblade at the poor dog. The dog ran to the other side of the Square. "hooooowl!" The dog made a very annoying noise. Then a Galbadian soldier walked into view. Seifer, Squall, and I hid behind the fountain the soldier looked around. What the hell is that guy doing? I wondered. The soldier then whistled and kept moving on to the other exit out of the Town Square. Just then twenty other Galbadian soldiers followed him. "Where the hell they goin? Seifer asked. Squall looked up at the mountain. "Hey what's that thing up there?" Squall said indicating the big metal thing on the mountain. When the coast was clear we popped up from our hiding places.
"Our next destination." Seifer answered. "What!?" Squall looked at Seifer dumbfounded. "But that's against orders! Squall yelled. "Weren't you just saying how bored you were?" Seifer asked. "Wha but. Zell!" Squall said looking confused. "I stand by the captains decision." I said looking at Seifer. "Captains decision?" Seifer looked surprised and confused. He walked up to me and pushed me slightly with his fist "You want to wreak some havoc too don't you? Seifer grinned looking me in the eyes. I hate it when Seifer looks at me like that. I shuddered. "It's a good opportunity to test out my training. Thanks to you, I feel like I can take on anyone. Even if they do fight dirty like you." I said looking determinedly at Seifer. I saw a slight smile from Seifer's lips. "You'll thank me when the time comes." Squall placed his hands on his hips. "What the hell. I thought you guys don't get along? You're like, all buddy, buddy now. Listen, this ain't no ordinary battle. It's an exam, an important one. I'm tellin' ya, we have to stick to orders." Squall said looking at Seifer and I. "Then you stay hear I don't need any boy scouts." Seifer said walking towards the road heading to the mountain. "What was that!?!" Squall yelled turning red with anger. I shook my head "Don't take him seriously, Squall." I walked up to Seifer. "Seifer, if were going, lets hurry." "The enemy is headed for the facility. We, Squad B, are to secure the summit. Move out!" Seifer said running ahead swinging his gunblade around.
"Alright." I said while running behind him. "Tch. Fine." Squall finally running along side too. All three of us ran up the alley and passed over a large bridge. We ran forward and stopped at the sight of the base of the cliff. Many soldiers lay on the ground, both Dollet and Galbadian, mostly Dollet. Two Dollet soldiers lay by the steps slightly conscious. Squall walked to one and started talking to him. "You okay dude? What happened?" ".What business do they have with the Communications Tower now.?" He muttered and laid back down. I went to talk to the other one. ".As a child. I used to. play at this Comm. Tower. It was already closed down then, and. ugh. I was careless." With that said the soldier had died. We then started to walk up the mountain only to be stopped by a Dollet soldier crawling on the ground injured. "Ahhh! W-W-Who are you!?" He screamed looking at us frightened. "Don't worry, We're SeeD candidates. We've been dispatched by Garden." I Said. "So what's going on up there?" Asked Seifer tapping his blade on his shoulder. The soldier calmed himself down and sat down. "The Galbadian Soldiers have entered the Comm. Tower. On top of that. that place has always been a nesting ground for monsters. If you guys are goin up there. be carefull. Ah. Argh!" The soldier screamed as a large tail like object wrapped him and pulled him in. It was an anacondaur, a large snake like monster. It devoured the Dollet Soldier in one swallow.
"Let's bust this thing up!" Squall yelled. "Okay Zell and Squall get on the backside of it and I'll stay on this side." Seifer said while Squall and I ran behind it. Seifer ran up to it, sliced it, and pulled the trigger. I ran up to it and did a back flip under its head kicking it while in the air. I landed on the ground and ran back to its backside. Squall ran up to it and intended to stab at it but the thing just twirled around him squeezing the life out of him. It let go of Squall and he fell to the ground unconscious gunblade still in hand. "Your going down!" Seifer yelled while running towards it. He slashed it and the snake hit him to the side with its tail, Seifer staying down trying to catch his breath. It turned to me and looked at me as saying your next. It's not taking me down too. I thought while running towards it the Anacondaur snapped his head forward trying to bite me. I jumped and it just missed me hitting my feet making me do a full front flip onto its head. Seifer was now up and ready to fight.
"Revive!" Seifer screamed. Lots of blue sparkly dots of light floated above Squall. The lights went straight into him and he started to squirm on the floor. He jumped up on the ground ready to fight. Seifer and Squall were on opposite sides of the Anacondaur. I held on tight to the giant snake and started to pound my fists onto its head. Seifer eyed Squall and Squall nodded in agreement. They both ran towards the snake their gunblades raised high and they both sliced right through it. "Shit!" I yelled as I fell to the floor with the dead corpse of the Anacondaur. I got up dizzy wiping all the snake guts off of me. "Hey Zell nice job with that snake." Seifer said looking at me to see if I was alright. "You guys did job pretty good job too." I said not really meaning the compliment. "We kicked that giant snakes ass! We rocked, I mean Zell you were on him the whole time punching it and Seifer." Squall trailed on. Seifer, I looked at each other and shook or heads. We turned back to Squall who was still talking. "And that thing went down like that." Squall finished looking at us. "Let's move on." Seifer said and we continued up the hill. We reached the summit where the communication tower was. We were standing on a cliff "Sure is big" Squall said. We kneeled down on the ground and peered over two G soldiers talking. "The generator is up and running." Said the Galbadian Soldier holding a generator piece. "No problem with the boosters." Said the other holding a wrench. ".The hell they all doing?" Asked Seifer as he zoomed in with a pair of binoculars.
The third soldier had some ranks on his chest. "An officer huh? "The officer threw a couple of large electrical cables over his shoulder. "Cable disconnection confirmed! Beginning the exchange process!" All three yelled "Roger," and ran back into the tower. "Repairs.?" Said Squall as he stood. He looked up at the Communication Tower. "All those parts and tools they were holding. maybe it wasn't the city they were after. maybe they wanted something inside?" Seifer and I too stood huddling up. "Who cares." Yawned Seifer. "This must be your first real battle. You scared?" He said jokingly towards me.".I don't know. I try not to think about it." I replied looking to Squall just standing behind us listening. "I love battles. I fear nothing. The way I look at it, as long as you make it out of battle alive, you're one step closer to fulfilling your dream." "What!? Your dream?" I looked at Seifer shocked. "You have one too, don't you?" Seifer asked. ".Sorry but I'm gonna pass on that subject." I replied as I turned away from the two. Squall finally jumped in on the conversation. "Yo! Let me in on it, too!" "Mind your own business." Said Seifer again joking. "Frickin hell." Squall swinging his gunblade in front of Seifer in attempts to make him flinch. Seifer simply leaned back. "What's the matter Squall? Going blind?" Implied Seifer, Squall missing every swing he threw at him. Seifer then chuckled and started walking down the hill towards the tower.
Squall kicked the ground and swiped some rocks aside. "Darn you.!" "I swear." I just shook my head and watched Squall mutter a few more curses until they suddenly heard a voice. "There you are!" Squall jumped up surprised while I looked over to the voice. It was a girl, the same girl I had helped back at Balamb Garden. She tried to get footing on a rock to get down to the pathway the two were on but ended up flipping forward and tumbling on to her rear. She smiled sticking her tongue out and closing her left eye tight slightly embarrassed. Carefully she stood rubber her hip a bit and then looked to us. "Are you .Squad B?" She looked to me who gave a nod. "Wait a minute. you're that guy who showed me around, right?! Thanks! I don't get lost anymore. Oh yeah, I haven't told you my name yet. I'm. a messenger. Name's Selphie, from Squad A. The Squad Captain is Seifer right? Where is he?" At the base of the Tower was Seifer running towards the entrance. I pointed down to where he was. Seifer stopped and held his hands together in a "megaphone" like manner. "One of these days, I'm gonna tell ya' bout my Romantic dream!" He then rushed to the entrance of the tower and entered.
Selphie looked down the cliff. "This sure is tough. Captain! Wait up.!!!" Selphie said and jumped down with out getting hurt. Squall and I looked at each other dumbfounded. She looked at us and saw we were still at the summit. "What are you waiting for!? Come on! Come on!" She yelled in her usual energetic way. I peered over the cliff and saw how high it was Squall also looked over. "Zell. you're not gonna. It's a cliff man.!" I took one last look. What the hell. I thought. "That's the plan." I said as jumped down the huge cliff I landed on the ground with a loud thump. I looked at summit where Squall was still standing shocked. "Come on!" Selphie yelled. "Geronomoooooo!?!" Squall yelled as he jumped down and hit the ground. "You know that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." We all started running towards the entrance. As Selphie was about to hit the buttons to open the door, three G Soldiers dashed out, the three talking to each other earlier, followed by a taunting Seifer, he whipping his sword in the air. "Cowards." Said Seifer as he cocked his gunblade. He then calmly walked back into the tower muttering something about the entire mission being a joke.
"HEEEY!" Selphie yelled waving her arms in the air. She then turned to Squall and I. "The Captain's getting away!" We then walked in and looked around. In the center was a single pillar that seemed to provide a lift. Around us we could see turbines, pipes, wires, and other mechanical and electrical gadgets or lights. ".Did he go up?" I Asked as I stared at a descending elevator lift. They all shrugged and walk on to the lift. There were no rails so we had to be careful. Squall and I looked down at the height and became defensive trying to keep our feet steady. Selphie however was enjoying herself. "Wow, this lift is pretty cool." This girl's crazy. I thought. Squall blinked looking at her as she sat on her knees peering over. "Don't get too excited, or you'll fall!" "Like I'm really going to!" Selphie said excitedly.
On the top were two G soldiers working one in red the other in blue. The one in one was the only one that was really working. "Major Biggs. There has been a report of a monster shaped shadow on top of the tower." The one in blue then peered into what Major Biggs was doing. "Major Biggs!" The blue one repeated. "Be quiet! I'm busy!" Biggs waved his hand. Biggs continued working. "This goes like this. Geez, what's with these crappy old tools? And. why do I have to make all the repairs!? Hey!" He yelled out as a spark nearly caught his eye. "Sir I'll check around while the repairs are being done." The soldier in blue said. "Let's see. Hmm. put this here. and." At the moment Squall, Selphie, and I had reached the top, Biggs had been connecting the final cable. "There, it's complete!" The whole tower suddenly came to life it shaking violently making a lot of loud noises. Machine parts and satellite dishes became active. I looked down through the wholes in the ground to see boosters and fans coming to life. In the middle a huge cylinder type thing popped up. Twisting and twirling the whole way up, it opened up to show three long rods. The three rods extending even more and the cylinder object curved up to look like a huge satellite. The rods charged up energy and a solid light blue light shot into space. Then Biggs turned around happy of the work he's done only to find us behind him.
"What do you think you're doing!?" I Yelled holding my two fists out in front of me. "Huhhhh? Like wise mister! What do you think you're doing!?" Biggs then started looking around. "H-Hey, what happened to all the soldiers down below!? WEDGE! Take care of these twerps. W.Wedge? I .ah." He then looked around only to us waiting. Selphie placed her hands behind her back and gave a smile. She held her nunchaku in her left hand just in case the Galbadian soldier decided to run. Biggs then looked to Squall who was looking at his gunblade to make sure everything was ok. He then finally turned to me, I had my hand on my hip and wore an annoyed expression on my face. "Well. ah. I seem to be done here, so I'll just be on my." Biggs then slowly made his way to wards the lift. He then raised his arm up revealing machine gun attachments. "I. I'm leaving, move it!" "I don't think so!" Said Seifer jumping from the rising lift. He slashed at Biggs swatting some kind of a remote out of Biggs' hand. "Sorry to crash the party." Biggs then started shaking. "Ah. AHH. AHHHH. Are you CRAZY!!!" "Just shut up." Seifer said swiping his hand in the air. Biggs then jumped back and gritted his teeth. "Prepare for the worst you brats!" Biggs started to fire at us but mainly at Seifer.
Seifer had to hide behind a metal wall because of the extra attention he was getting. Biggs started to shoot at the rest of us Selphie, Squall, and I dove behind a big metal crate. "Come on you Seed twerps quit being so chicken!" "Seifer get over here!" I said, he nodded and dove over. "Ok I have an idea but you three have to cover me." Selphie, Squall, and Seifer nodded. "You three distract that guy and I sneak up on him and attack. Also when I give a thumbs up you stop shooting your gunblade or whatever your doing. Selphie since you don't have anything you can shoot you take care of the blue guy, ok?" I asked "Yeah." The three said. "Now!" I yelled. I rolled over into the opening and started sneaking behind things. At the same time Selphie, Squall, and Seifer stood up. "Hey you stupid fat guy, over here!" Selphie screamed from a distance. Biggs looked over to the voice and started shooting. Selphie ducked back for cover and snuck around the backside of the tower looking for the other soldier. Squall deflected bullets with his gunblade. While Seifer shot bullets out of his gunblade.
Biggs started to dodge Seifer's bullets. I gave the thumbs up to Squall and he motioned for Seifer to stop, they both ducked back down just far enough so they could see what was happening. I ran for the fat guy and just when I was in front of him he turned to me and pointed his gun arm at me I froze in place. It's all over for me. "Oh no he's gonna get Zell!" Squall complained Seifer just looked on. "I'm finally going to get you, you Seed twerp." He raised his gun to me and was about to pull the trigger when a thin brown wooden thing hit the back of his head and he fell unconscious. I just stood there trying to get over of the shock of what just happened. Selphie came running in the direction behind Biggs, Squall, and Seifer came from where they were hiding to me. "Man I thought that guy had you!" Squall said while shaking my shoulders. "Yeah if it weren't for Selphie and her nun-chucks you would be dead now. I looked at Selphie and nodded. "Tehe your welcome!" She said trying to brighten the mood. "Eeeee, Eeeee!" What the hell was that!" Seifer said. A big black shadow appeared and all the wind blew Biggs away you could also see wedge floating in the air too. Then a big bird came down landing just a few feet away from them. "Elveret!" Seifer said. "I sense a GF in it, Selphie try drawing from it." I said looking at her. "Ok." Selphie said while concentrating on the GF, purple energy lines came out of It and into Selphie, she also got eight floats and two fires. "Let's figure out a fast way to kill this thing off!" Squall yelled "First lets get some cover so we won't get hurt!" Seifer said running behind a metal wall. We followed him and discussed what we were going to do. Ten minuets later we were ready. "Do I have to be the decoy?" Squall whined. "Yes!" Seifer yelled at him. We ran out, we were not surprised an all when we didn't see the bird. We went to set up right in front of the big electrical control box. Squall stood 5 feet in front of the box while Seifer hid behind a crate to the left, Selphie and I hid behind a turbine to the right. "Hit it Squall!" Seifer said.
"You are so beautiful to me. Can't you see? An." Squall sang in front of the control box. "Eeeee, Eeeee!" the bird screeched just coming into sight. Squall looked at Seifer surprised. "Sing, sing rub some funk on it." Seifer, shaking his hands. Squall nodded. "And your everything I need!" he looks like an idiot. I thought looking at him and Selphie was chuckling. The bird got closer. "Get ready!" I screamed. "You are so beautiful to me! To me! The bird was flying at full speed to him. I started running for Squall. " Do something!" Squall terrified staring at the nearing bird. I dove and tackled Squall to the ground feeling a load of wind by passes my behind. "Thunder!" Selphie and Seifer screamed. As the bird hit the control box two thunderbolts came down from the sky and hit the control box. The current waves coming through the control box electrocuted the bird. We watched as the bright blue light killed the big bird as it fell down. "Oh yeah!" Squall yelled as he got up and brushed himself off. I got up myself and did the same. Seifer and Selphie came over to us. "Squad B Captain. Excuse me, I have new orders!" She waved her hand to get Seifer's attention. Seifer just nodded. "All SeeD members and SeeD candidates are to withdraw at 1900 hours.
Assemble at the shore!" "Withdrawl?" Seifer then raised his brow. "There are still enemies around!" "I know, but I'm just a messenger." I stepped forward and crossed my arms. "An order to withdraw takes priority. I don't want to miss the vessel." I said looking down. "What time'd you say?" Asked Seifer looking to his watch. "Like I said.! All Seed members and Seed candidates are to withdraw at 1900 hours. Assemble at the shore." She said exhausted. "1900 hours. we only have 30 minutes!" Seifer then dashed for the lift and pressed a button. "You got 30 minutes to get down to the shore! Better Run!" He then jumped onto the lift and headed down. Selphie ran to the lift and looked down. "Hey, wait for us!" The lift had already reached the bottom and was returning to the top empty. "Who the hell does he think he is?" Asked Squall said stretching his arms. I shrugged. "Why don't you asked him?" As the lift reached the top, we boarded and headed down. As we made our way down. Biggs slowly woke up and crawled over to the remote that had been knocked out of his hands. "Those little twerps are the targets. Now go! Go and destroy them! He collapsed back on the floor.
We ran out of the tower and we heard banging sounds coming from up above. We looked up only to find a huge mechanical looking spider monster. It leaped down right in front of us. "What the hell is that!" Squall said holding up his gunblade. "Guess we gotta fight." Selphie said. The spider made the first move and rammed all of us backwards. We got back up and Squall ran forward with rage. "Renzokuken!" Squall yelled as he slashed the spider many times pulling the trigger each time. Squall ran back to us and the spider was on the ground."Lets get the hell out of here!" We started running up the cliff. When we reached the curve on the cliff we felt the ground star to rumble. We looked down and saw the spider up and moving. "I thought we already busted that thing up!" Squall said getting mad. "Forget it! Lets go!" I yelled leading the way with Squall and Selphie following behind me.
The spider jumped up the cliff but we made it just underneath it and ran down the summit. "Wait lets walk down." I said starting to walk. "What are you dense Zell! The things already trying to kill us I don't think we have to help it out!" Squall said looking at me like I was insane. "If we walk here, we can avoid being thrown off balance by that thing. Let's just do it." I said walking down the summit. Selphie shrugged her shoulders and started to walk to as did Squall. "Okay were at the base of the mountain let's start running again!" I whispered rather loudly. We started running again and we reached the bridge and started to run across it. The spider jumped from our side of the bridge to the other. "Let's take this thing out!" I yelled and we headed towards the spider. "Were with you man!" Squall yelled while slashing off a part of the spider's antennas. Squall found a leg coming at him and knocked him down "Damn!" Squall screamed as he hit the ground. Selphie went to help Squall up. "Maybe magic will work." She used blizzard and shards of ice covered the spider. The giant machine just shook it off. The spider's eyes turned red. "Oh crap move back guys its one of its attacks!" Squall said backing up. Selphie moved back too while I did a back sprint landing on my feet I saw a red burning wall of energy. "How'd you know that!" I yelled asking. "Wouldn't you like to know? He said sarcastically.
"Let's use our GFs!" Selphie said. "Shiva!" I cried pointing my fists forward. "I askedThe goddess of ice emerged and formed a glowing ball of energy. It released a wave of intensely cold ice deep freezing everything in its path and slamming straight into the mechanical spider. Amazingly, the spider was still intact, repairing and shaking off some ice. It did however have some plates blown off and shattered by the intense cold. "Quezacolt!" Selphie summoned Quezacotl. The mighty bird of lightning appeared above the monster, its wings expanded. It then screeched out and started spinning forming and electrical twister. The energy slammed straight into the mech and tore right through its hull. Again, a burst of light blinded the area and disappeared with Quezacotl. The X-ATM092 then started sparking heavily and fell down.
"Lets go!" I yelled. We started to run off the bridge and into the Square. The spider started following us again "Run, Run!" I yelled as we entered the ally heading towards the boat. The spider was getting to close. "Guys you go on ahead I'll catch up." They looked at me. "Go, go!" I said motioning my hands forward. "Were not leaving you behind!" Squall said defensively. "Just go I'll be fine!" Selphie nodded and dragged Squall along. "I'll be back Zell!" Squall said getting dragged by Selphie and the soon disappeared out of sight. I looked down at my watch 15 more minuets till the vessel leaves. I thought tapping my watch to see if it was working correctly. I looked up to see a giant machine leg to crush blue car. "Come on! You and me mono e mono! Only one of us is going to get out of here alive and it's going to be me!" I ran up to the Spider and punched it in the head the merely just shrugged it off. It started to chase me I ran up a wall and back flipped off of it onto the spider's head. I started to punch it with my fists. I noticed an opening in the machine head. The machine ran into a wall trying to knock me off. "Whoa!" I screamed when I lost my grip on the spider and fell off hitting the wall. It walked up to me with its eyes glowing red.
A few moments earlier Selphie was dragging Squall down the stairs leading to the beach and Squall pulled his hand away. "Come on we got to go the vessels leaving!" Selphie yelled at Squall. "No! I'm not leaving with out Zell I gotta help him and Squall looked her in the eyes. "Zells going to be fine." She said softly. "No he's not, not without help he can't defeat that oversized machine spider by himself. With that said Squall ran back into Dollet. "Squall!"
This how I'm going to die? I pondered looking in those bright red eyes. The spider lifted its arm about to strike. "Oh no you don't you cheep piece of shit nobody kills my friend!" Squall yelled while running and tackled me out of the way and the spiders' arm just barely missing Squall. Squall and I got up, I looked at him and he looked at me. "Let's bust this thing up!" Squall yelled smiling and I nodded. We ran up to it and started to attack it tried attacking us but missed every time. Squall ran up and slashed it in the face chipping off some metal. "We have to find his weak spot, we can't hang on much longer." Squall said while dogging the metal spider's arm. "Squall distract it I've got a plan." I said and he nodded. Squall started to tap dance with his gunblade. The metal spider heard the tapping noise and looked over to Squall. I ran up behind the metal spider and running up and held on tight to its head. I opened up the crack on its head, it turned out to be the control panel filled with wires and turbines. "Squall throw me your gunblade trust me!" I said looking at an unsure Squall he tossed his gunblade to me handle facing me. I caught it and stuck the gunblade in the control panel and pulling the trigger. I could hear busting machine parts and wires were breaking. The mechanical spider started to have smoke come out of its vents. It leaned over and collapsed the spider breaking into hundreds of pieces.
I got up and went over to Squall he looked at me. "Squall thanks." I said looking down at the ground. "I told you I'd be back." Squall said and I looked at my watch. "There's only 5 minuets left lets go!" Squall nodded and started running I followed him. When I reached the entrance to Dollet Squall was already half way down the beach. Don't have time to run down the stairs. So I dove off the stairs onto the sand still tumbling down the hills in the sand. When I got up I saw the vessels leaving and Squall in the opening moving his hand in the air towards himself. I got up and started running to the vessel. The opening in the back started to close. I dove into the back of the boat right before the entrance closed. Squall gave me a smile and walked further into the vessel. I made it I'm finally going back to my home Balmb Garden.
That's the first chapter, nothing is going on between Squall and Zell besides slight friendship. This is going to be a Zell/Rinoa fic I'll try and finish the 2nd chapter soon please review.
